Dave Modisette
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The burden of having children.
So, my daughter who is studying for her MBA degree is talking to the lovely Mrs. Modbod about how her eight year old lap top is really giving her grief in her studies. TLMM, looks at me and asks if a desk top computer would be a cheaper solution than a comparable lap top. Yeah, if you don't have to have a lap top, you can get more bang for the buck out of a desktop PC. I mentioned a local guy who can put together nice PCs and leave all the gooblety gook that usually loaded on a Big Box PC at the local Best Buy store. And then the plot thickens.... TLMM asks, "Aren't you due for a new computer? Can't you get a new computer for yourself and give your old one to her?" Hmmm, I suppose I could go for an eight core machine with tons more RAM in order to help out this young lady. It doesn't get any better than this. [;D] EDIT: He's not gonna do it. See the final results later.
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/11 11:42:13
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Mod Bod
So, my daughter who is studying for her MBA degree is talking to the lovely Mrs. Modbod about how her eight year old lap top is really giving her grief in her studies. TLMM, looks at me and asks if a desk top computer would be a cheaper solution than a comparable lap top. Yeah, if you don't have to have a lap top, you can get more bang for the buck out of a desktop PC. I mentioned a local guy who can put together nice PCs and leave all the gooblety gook that usually loaded on a Big Box PC at the local Best Buy store.
And then the plot thickens....
TLMM asks, "Aren't you due for a new computer? Can't you get a new computer for yourself and give your old one to her?"
Hmmm, I suppose I could go for an eight core machine with tons more RAM in order to help out this young lady.
It doesn't get any better than this. [;D]
Dave, you should change the title to "The Joys of having Children"..........as you DO get a Brand New Machine for yourself. It's a Win Win situation for everyone. 
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/11 12:59:09
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I've been getting away with that trick for years. But shh. Don't tell the Mrs!
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/12 05:13:17
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Should auld acquaintance be forgot--hey, who the hell are you guys? X2(X3 pending hardware upgrade), Emulator X2, E-mu 1212M, Virtual String Machine
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/12 17:16:29
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I also use this trick. Unfortunately, my music computer is now over 4 years old but it still is doing the job especially since adding a couple SSD drives.
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/14 00:23:28
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I feel bad now... was happy as a bee on a flower that my separation gave me the freedom to get a 6 core upgrade but ur gettin an 8 core??? OY! Your family dynamics are better than mine!
Seriously, it's a joke between my 13 year old daughter and me that while "mom" gotta new dude, I got a new computer.
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/17 09:04:48
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6 cores are still plenty, 6 cores are still plenty ...
No I dont need to upgrade yet, the devil keeps tempting me to though.
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/17 20:00:37
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Mod Bod
Can't you get a new computer for yourself and give your old one to her?
It's rare when kids are happy to accept out-of-date cast-offs.
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Dave Modisette
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/26 19:09:15
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Nah. I've got to let everyone know, I couldn't do it. Too much money to put into it. I mean, REALLY? Here I am with an AMD Athlon II X4 620, happy as a clam, running my little projects just fine and I'm going to go straight to 8 cores? Maybe if I live that long and get super busy with 100 plus track counts loaded with native plug ins. Good judgement bubbled up to the surface and I think I will be able to see a radical improvement over what I have with a Z87 based motherboard and a i7-4770K processor. And I may still be able to support my mic pre habit a little longer. 
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/26 19:21:09
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Mod Bod
Hmmm, I suppose I could go for an eight core machine with tons more RAM in order to help out this young lady.
That's really sad, dude. I feel totally awful for you.
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/27 12:20:00
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Vastman
Seriously, it's a joke between my 13 year old daughter and me that while "mom" gotta new dude, I got a new computer.
So, you got the better part of the deal? ;)
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/27 12:54:34
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Ruben
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Seriously, it's a joke between my 13 year old daughter and me that while "mom" gotta new dude, I got a new computer.
So, you got the better part of the deal? ;)
or.... you got the better deal with newer parts? (j/k) 
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Dave Modisette
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/27 21:13:24
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Ok, no more talking about it. I pulled the trigger on the Pro Studio model with the 4770K cpu at Purrrfect Audio. Jim's been giving me free advice for, what might be going on, twenty years now. Time to pay back the favor.
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/27 21:59:15
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is there a 4771?... I'm looking at the same computer and JUST about ready to pull the trigger too. He's been great with my zillion emails.
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/27 22:08:24
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mixmkr
is there a 4771?... I'm looking at the same computer and JUST about ready to pull the trigger too. He's been great with my zillion emails.
The 4771 and 4770k (at stock speed - 3.9GHz) are essentially the same CPU. The 4770k is multiplier-unlocked (by Intel) for controlled over-clocking.
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/28 09:02:32
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Congrats on the new rig Mr. Mod Bod's Daughter!! 
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Dave Modisette
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/02/28 17:47:54
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It get's more interesting. My new UAD2 Quad was waiting for me when I got home today. So since I have more PCIe slots, I guess I can run the quad and my solo card. It's getting gooder and gooder.
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Re: The burden of having children.
2014/03/04 06:10:57
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Ruben
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Seriously, it's a joke between my 13 year old daughter and me that while "mom" gotta new dude, I got a new computer.
So, you got the better part of the deal? ;)
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